The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-12-18
INTERESTING TURF TOPICS
TEE sELECTION OF RACING DATES
LIKELY To BREED TROUBLE

racing days between the leading associations.
In the first place, all four want to secure n holi-
day. and there are only three during the racing
season. The American Jockey Club has here
tofore selected Decoration Day for The inau-
g%uration OF its spring meeting, the Coney ISL
| and Jockey Gu has made Suburban day a
holiday. and the Monmouth Park Association
usually opens on the Saturday preceding the
Fourth OF July, so as to make sure Of tho ma
tional holiday. Now that the Brooklyn Associ-
alton Is Offering stakes more liberal than some
Of the older clubs, the managers are looking
around for a holiday on which to sweep In big
gate money, and IL Is said that they will
claim one. Thon, too. there is dissatisfac-
ton over Monmouth monopolizinR the whole
OF the summer months OF July and
August, during which the racing crowds
arc always largest on the seaboard. While 1t
Ia assertedin town turf circles that the young
club will also claim q part Of the summer
season. the Brooklyn men say that they do not
know what action they will take In the matter.
and are unwilling to talk about it at present.
Secretaries Of the regular ASSOCIATIONS are also
that there may be q such u falling of in entries
for the overnight handicaps, now that horses
make the flo DIS riliculously small, and ~particu-
larly Improbable to the bookmakers, from
whom come the main source Of revenue.
storms, which now threaten it, may gather
horses enough to race eyery week day during
ihs sn%mief ss so Clifton seal.nt Taake ene aIto sesths a the
coming racing season presents several inter-
esting problems.
1t may DO we'll for s%portsmen who talk about
dark horses coming to the front next year not
black colors d, tho quiet master OF the Book
dale Stable. For years Mr.. Withsrs has been
steadily pressing his way t o. the front : rank .ls
chances Of horses like Laegard BY saying,
account was the first to head off the supposed
invincible son Of, Hlndoo and his finish 10 the
Omnibus. when he beat ttrsnzi BY q nose and
Park posters for tho year. 1883. About $50
horses are now tossing their heads at Brook:
a tsIfsyl inS1sa yssTlin a s'r < h t'yGl Bro s | to has g.
gard in and ada q s ,Ss ping. coli oil X r. T %i,6 0Sh!itr ne. bid
count thoroughbreds.
Although Mrs. George L. Lorillard disposed Of
a VIII iaT ps 9. h fSe TSSe n9i in Europe ar Pc. she feo pro spse, sp to
engage in an active racing campaign next
season h For y this h pq G}POis. she ! r has seSu5oa HS as
fons sa ZEN to = J ofS,Ph famous an",,is ri ride enf Mr. ai JPN
S. olass'1 m a n,nss' H Htse Was sa dis aisH BY EF's a dam On
gerous fall at Rockawny two years ago. but
was again in the saddle last fall landing two
string will include tho hay horse Electric,
5 years, by Sensation; Strideaway, CHI. c..
:; Hy GssnmNie the si thaesay.aT =: ID s !; ss sen-
Idaiia colt; a tw9.yenr-oid chestnut illly by I'M y;
colts and two nllies by Sensation.
Acorrespondent at Lexington furnishes tho
t5s winnin WIN th lnssIes.lnSd1 The Ie a9Gns
WANNA! wanna. With aa,iH 1855 10 to pSS sr c lesfs iS ye 1855: E T6s
In.ltp A "a IN 1890 md III nStnr Y ~
this year. The three-year-o lds that won $1,000
and upward this sea ssas9 H.! following H an 2 SS!:
fss: n1f' rs, ISL sss, Banbu nstt slo, l lSo; ki ssssson:
sIS.5IO; C.. II, Todd, sl5,ol2; Wary, So, 1893
s Stu go sis ~ M lss; F RS5aboy 5@a ss66s'li2 S;o Mont.
ootbiinH. $3.50: Grisettee. sT.665; jim dore. ss,055:
FP iaseolsts ss,9 sS,i4 Sn and iBS; lonso aaSrss'S $685. tSjss0;
The improvement Of the Hon, August Bel
TO the blue grass farm in Kentucky. is remark
f ffSs o. spf h{ R'G y0ans. se e' w %pr sp s1 70 t n Us ss 6'gS6
SssaHHSsFsne s S5s! IT'S SsiiPsSs;S :; y K ! Z;
Ti.Gscd@Eady; Rose f berry, sl.il4o: Prince Royal.
2, by Acknowledgements. s342o; Tarbouche.
3. by NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., $1,000.
Members Of the New York Driving Club are
somewhat exercised over the coming election
Of officers and the formation OF a new Execu-
tiye commiNtt4ee at the meeting which VII take
s ses raj s seatIsn On I namea f iorth hss piaco espr aas
unwillingness to run. Business matters now
make it necessary for Mr.. Bonner to retire e
makes him feel sad to do so. after having been
associated in the management so long with
hRaanndY in DlG ha arIdn With AMin Mt. Bon aners as sn Pr sd6tea
the, late Shepherd F, Knapp. MAJOR Morton,
Bonner has served on the Executive Commit
toe since the formation of the association in
IL, viii continue to take great Interest in trot::
ting matters.
Hickok Is jogging st. Julien on the Bay Dis;
trict track. and. that the famous trotter will
e feeafis ss the w great n csmpairn n' thas Psss eddaMs% aad
8. and the great Gelding to the pinnacle Of trot.
81 gSf st. Julien iES Many Believe ii that HieEEok gave gave
his ,trottsr TOO much work over the tract, deep
track before the race. and the hot tight for the
first heat, when st. Julien fought the black
wonder up from beyond the point Of rocks to
s HeIdi hn!sh' h aesias G Buy R Rls 3 ye snsde e. G aest m ,as
have renewed his strength and braced up his
nerves for great victories In his mature age.
M; John +. 81. Shuts II s y proprietor pr l%d s2r, q the so new
before his departing, for California. Atthe sale
Rcd Bank, last week he purchassd the four;
brother. dam Augusta. 2:2s. for &l,4OO; he gave
q 100 for the bay colt IvaTRhoe, 8, BY General
$1,000 for a ~yenrling colr and Ally, both by Jer-
soy Wilkes, He also bought the bay gelding
Harvey g.. s. by Jay Gould, for $500.
oa Among . the st' Eas}es s,shhts s to be s1o ssen Sn the
hitched TO road wagons and doing duty as trot-
tors. Quite a rivalry in t~rotttng has sprung up
between the tough hurdle jumper Bruton and
arranged for them, Each Of the horses has
about five miles. In al minutes.
Seven Victims Of tho Edison Electric Conn
pany's Boiler Explosion.
WEsToHEsTER, Pa, Dec. 1.-THE dead
body Of d. o. Taylor, Clerk OF tho County
Courts. was found this morning In the ruins of
tho Edison Electric Company's works. the
scene OF yesterdays terribly fatal boiler OK
plosion. Mr.. Taylor had called at the works
only a few minutes before the, explosion oc-
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